Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?The Old Man and the Sea was completed in 1952 and first published in 1953. The novel told the story of an old man named Marlin who had gone through a long journey of 68 days with his fish and finally managed to catch a large marlin. Through this experience, the novel shows the perseverance, tenacity and wisdom of human beings. At the same time, it also probes into the relationship between man and nature, as well as the problem of individual and fate.
Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea? What was the name of the old man in the novel? What is the old man's famous saying?"The Old Man and the Sea" was a novel written by Ernest Hemmingway. In the novel, the old man was called Guba de Ino Sands (Guba D. Rey). He was an old whaler who had a fierce fight with his best friend Marlin. In the end, the two of them caught a marlin together. However, the old man did not take the fish home but chose to throw it into the sea.
The old man's famous saying was,"A man is not born to be defeated. You can destroy him, but you can't defeat him." This sentence expressed Ernest's distrust of young people and the tenacious spirit of the elderly. It also represented the tenacity and open-mindedness of the elderly in the novel.